Payroll Manager

Position Summary:

The Payroll Manager will oversee and supervise the organization’s payroll functions, ensuring pay is processed on time, accurately, and in compliance with government regulations.

Essential Position Responsibilities

• Establish policies and processes that pertain to the payroll function for the department and the organization.
• Implements, maintains, and reviews weekly payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions, including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates, including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Prepares and maintains accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
• Ensures proper policies are in place for the processing, reviewing, and storing of garnishment documents.
• Responsible for quarterly, semi-annual, and annual state/local/federal government reporting.
• Hiring, training, developing, and supervising payroll staff.
• Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
• Create and provide payroll-related statistical reports showing processing errors, timely data entry, etc.
• Manages the resolution of complex issues or payroll/tax-related errors.
• Identifies and recommends updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
• Manage 401(k) plan.
• This position is at our Corporate Office and requires the employee to be in the office for regular/predictable hours as directed by the Company.  
• Any other duties assigned by the VP of HR

Essential Skills/Credentials/Experience/Education

• Minimum of five plus years of progressive payroll experience
• Prefer a BA in accounting or finance and CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) designation.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Outlook, and have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Familiarity with payroll processing services, UKG, ADP, etc.
• Must be able to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Must be able to read, speak, understand, and write the English language
• Must work out of the corporate office in Sandy Springs, GA (North Atlanta)
• Exposure to highly confidential/sensitive information and ability to manage this information in a professional, discrete manner
• Requires exceptional multi-tasking and prioritization of deadlines and projects
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate with employees at all levels
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced and at times stressful environment
• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function, including preparation, balancing, internal control, and payroll taxes.

Mental & Physical Requirements

Mental Demands

• Effectively manage high-stress situations and multi-taking/prioritizing deadlines
• Ability to make sound, clear and concise decisions
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills

Physical Demands

• Typical in-office environment – moderate noise level and open cubicle environment
• The position will be physically located in the Atlanta office; working remotely outside of Company Directed Guidelines is not permitted.  Currently, the in-office work model is a hybrid with 2 days remote/3 days in the office.
• Indoor work with hard and carpeted surfaces
• Sitting for eight (8) hour shifts
• This position is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Extensive use of hands and fingers for manipulation of keyboard, answering phone calls (100% of the time).
• Use of computer terminal, which requires extensive eye contact with a video display terminal.
• This position requires less than 5% travel

The Company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by managers/supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent an expressed or implied contract of employment nor does it alter your at-will employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.